Topic: Pet crisis - Potentially fatal pet food recall

[capamerica]

If you haven't heard there has been a masive recall on alot of Cat and Dog food this week.

Menu Foods Inc., based in Ontario, Canada, recalled soft food cans and pouches of cat and dog food distributed under more than 85 brands, including Iams and Eukanuba.

Company tests found the food killed one in six animals who consumed the products, Food and Drug Administration officials announced Tuesday.

Contaminated wheat gluten is a possible cause, the FDAhas said. It is used for protein in pet food products such as gravy.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR:

According to the Food and Drug Administration, signs an animal may be suffering from kidney failure include:

- Lethargy
- Loss of appetite
- Vomiting
- increased urine production

The food may be more lethal to cats than dogs, the FDAhas said.

More than 45 brands of dog food and 40 brands of cat food, including Iams, Eukanuba and private-label store brands, were among those recalled.

Menu Foods makes pet food for 17 of the top 20 North American retailers. The brand names of recalled food are listed below.

A complete list of potentially fatal food is online at menufoods.com/recall.

CAT FOOD

America's Choice

Authority

Best Choice

Companion

Compliments

Demoulas Market Basket

Eukanuba

Fine Feline Cat

Food Lion

Foodtown

Giant Companion

Hannaford

Hill Country Fare

Hy-Vee

Iams

Laura Lynn

Li'l Red

Loving Meals

Meijer's Main Choice

Nutriplan

Nutro Max Gourmet Classics

Nutro Natural Choice

Paws

Pet Pride

Presidents Choice

Price Chopper

Priority US

Save-A-Lot

Schnucks

Science Diet Feline Savory Cuts Cans

Sophisticat

Special Kitty Canada

Special Kitty US

Springfield Price

Sprout

Stop & Shop Companion

Tops Companion

Wegmans

Weis Total Pet

Western Family US

White Rose

Winn Dixie


DOG FOOD

America's Choice Preferred Pets

Authority

Award

Best Choice

Big Bet

Big Red

Bloom

Wegmans Bruiser

Cadillac

Companion

Demoulas Market Basket

Eukanuba

Food Lion

Giant Companion

Great Choice

Hannaford

Hill Country Fare

Hy-Vee

Laura Lynn

Loving Meals

Meijers Main Choice

Mighty Dog Pouch

Mixables

Nutriplan

Nutro Max

Nutro Natural Choice

Nutro Ultra

Nutro

Ol'Roy Canada

Ol'Roy US

Publix

Roche Brothers

Save-A-Lot

Schnucks

Shep Dog

Springfield Prize

Sprout

Stater Brothers

Weis Total Pet

Western Family US

White Rose

Winn Dixie

Your Pet

[KDR_11k]

That's not a bug, it's a feature! It means you have a slightly higher chance of crossing a green area in a city without stepping in dog poo.

[GoldenPhoenix]

Canadians are always messing things up, this is PROOF!

[Smash_Brother]

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Originally posted by: KDR_11k
That's not a bug, it's a feature! It means you have a slightly higher chance of crossing a green area in a city without stepping in dog poo.

That's cold, man...

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Originally posted by: GoldenPhoenix
Canadians are always messing things up, this is PROOF!

To be fair, they DID apologize for Brian Adams on several occasions. Now Celine Dion, on the other hand...

But seriously, this sucks. If I lost a cat to this, f*ck class-action suits. I'd be out for vengeance.  

[NWR_pap64]

Wow...

Its a good thing that we don't buy pet food for my dogs often. I already told dad about this and to watch out for the type of food he buys.

Thanks for the info, Cap!

[Shift Key]

start bad joke

GRANDMA!! NOOOOOOO!

end bad joke

[Caliban]

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Originally posted by: Smash_Brother

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Originally posted by: KDR_11k
That's not a bug, it's a feature! It means you have a slightly higher chance of crossing a green area in a city without stepping in dog poo.

That's cold, man...

He's not being cold, he's considerate of the other people that use the public parks or public sidewalks, if people don't pick up their poo why should we care about the dogs, at least cats can dig and cover their own poo.

[NWR_pap64]

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Originally posted by: Caliban

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Originally posted by: Smash_Brother

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Originally posted by: KDR_11k
That's not a bug, it's a feature! It means you have a slightly higher chance of crossing a green area in a city without stepping in dog poo.

That's cold, man...

He's not being cold, he's considerate of the other people that use the public parks or public sidewalks, if people don't pick up their poo why should we care about the dogs, at least cats can dig and cover their own poo.

In fear of taking what could be a cynical, cold hearted joke and turn it into a serious discussion, I will say this; saying that food that can potentially kill animals is a GOOD thing is pretty heartless.

Yes, they poo on public places and yes, we step on them nearly all the time. Still, that doesn't mean that dogs should be killed.

I honestly HATE with a passion how some people downplay an animal's life simply because they are not like us. Simply because they don't talk that doesn't mean that they don't suffer like we do.

[Caliban]

Good for you that you hate on something, welcome to the club.

When I read his post, I thought of it like the pet owners were at fault rather than the animals themselves.

[Bill Aurion]

[Smash_Brother]

I wasn't serious and I'm (pretty) sure KDR wasn't either.

I'm trying my hardest to make comments about Germany right now...

[NWR_pap64]

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Originally posted by: Smash_Brother
I wasn't serious and I'm (pretty) sure KDR wasn't either.

I'm trying my hardest to make comments about Germany right now...

I honestly thought you were, since you are a big cat owner and melt whenever you play with something cute.

Also, I can't help but feel indifferent about the joke since I've seen animals being killed in my eyes or have seen them suffering before they die.

Its hard to take a joke like that when you've seen stuff like that.

[KDR_11k]

saying that food that can potentially kill animals is a GOOD thing is pretty heartless.

So, what about ant poison? That's genocide!

[vudu]

Rat poison found in tainted pet food